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new band seeks advice on setup

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Hi,

My wife and friends have formed a new bluegrass band and are looking to invest in some equipment for their gigs. They've been getting some conflicting information about whether to used power speakers, or unpowered speakers (with a head), and ditto for monitors. Sweetwater Sound recommends going the powered speaker route, the local music store is suggesting unpowered. The unpowered setup is cheaper...not sure of the sound quality differences though.

For now, they'll mostly be playing in bars and the like.

Any advice of how to proceed? Money is somewhat limited, but I think the band really wants to have good equipment that can do their sound justice...

Follow Ups:

A simple set up is good... - mpathus 23:45:15 08/02/08 (6)
- RE: A simple set up is good... - harecording 10:07:52 08/03/08 (5)
  - How does Neumann's KMS105 hand held mic stack up? - mpathus 17:47:52 08/03/08 (3)
    - RE: How does Neumann's KMS105 hand held mic stack up? - smcdonie@uwsp.edu 09:48:08 08/07/08 (0)
    - RE: How does Neumann's KMS105 hand held mic stack up? - harecording 18:52:53 08/03/08 (1)
      - Great info, thanks! ~t - mpathus 20:22:31 08/03/08 (0)
  - RE: A simple set up is good... - Inmate51 11:59:50 08/03/08 (0)
RE: new band seeks advice on setup - Backseat driver 06:45:04 08/02/08 (3)
- OPTION B.............. - smcdonie@uwsp.edu 13:40:20 08/05/08 (1)
  - RE: OPTION B.............. - Inmate51 11:14:38 08/06/08 (0)
- RE: new band seeks advice on setup - harecording 06:54:43 08/02/08 (0)
RE: new band seeks advice on setup - Inmate51 12:05:06 08/01/08 (0)
Sound system for bluegrass - smcdonie@uwsp.edu 07:26:44 08/01/08 (0)
RE: new band seeks advice on setup - harecording 19:56:26 07/31/08 (0)

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